A bit of a surprise this week as SPOGS Racing is up for grabs on WiiWare. This actually looks like it could be quite good fun if you like racing games. It doesn’t take itself too seriously from what we can tell. Comparisons to Mario Kart have even been made, so it has a lot to live up to! How will it fare we wonder?

Our review will be up within the next couple of days, so if you are on the fence then you can wait for our verdict. In the meantime, to find out more about the game check out our exclusive interview with D2C Games.

More from Nintendo’s Wii-kly update:

Nintendo adds new and classic games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. This week’s new games are:

In other news the Virtual Console gets a new Neo Geo game today in the shape of King of the Monsters. It was a pretty cool game at the time, if you like wrestling with monsters, but in retrospect it’s not as good to play now as it once was. King of the Monsters 2 holds up much better so it might be worth waiting to see if that pops up on VC instead.

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